ChangeLog
Apr 6, 2005 - 2.2.0 -> 2.3.2
- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not),
added sha1sum verification
- root.root -> root:root
- Backup the conf file and ~/.snortrc to ~/backup/snort/ too
(where the tarball of /usr/local/etc/snort has been going)
- Removed make, gcc, binutils, fileutils/coreutils links
- Added installation of the Community Rules
(from http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/downloads.cgi)
- Put snort and the rules tarballs in ~/installed/snort/
- Added installation of the VRT Certified Rules
Oct 14, 2004 - 2.0.0 -> 2.2.0
- Fixed up the gpg-verification part a little
- textutils -> coreutils
- Added md5sum verification (in addition to sha1sum)
- Create ~/backup and ~/installed with mode 700
- Removed use of the --with-ssl configure flag, even though
the docs say it's there, it's not in configure any more
(same goes for --with-openssl and --with-libxml2)
- Updated prerequisites
- Added copying of ./etc/unicode.map (from the source dir)
to /usr/local/etc/snort
- Added usage examples
- Added note about uninstallation
Apr 21, 2003 - 1.9.1 -> 2.0.0
Security fixes. Go here:
<a href="http://www.snort.org/advisories/snort-2003-04-16-1.txt">http://www.snort.org/advisories/snort-2003-04-16-1.txt</a>
and here:
<a href="http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=313&idxseccion=10">http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=313&idxseccion=10</a>
and here:
<a href="http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-13.html">http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-13.html</a>
for more information
- Added --with-snmp to configure line
- Added links to optional prerequisite howtos
- Fixed typo in run of find that prevents old source dirs
from being removed
Mar 3, 2003 - 1.9.0 -> 1.9.1:
<a href="http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21951">http://www.iss.net/issEn/delivery/xforce/alertdetail.jsp?oid=21951</a>
- Replaced downloading md5/sha1sums file with echoing it
for comparison
- Updated and separated gpg verification
- Updated removal of old versions
Oct 28, 2002 - 1.8.7 -> 1.9.0
- Added removal of previous versions
- Added md5sum, sha1sum, and gpg verification of tarball